Printer News

Penn Emblem Company, Philadelphia, now offers a new fulfillment of imprintables program. The program features sublimatable products, including mugs, keychains, coasters and more. Representatives from Penn Emblem Company will attend the Imprinted Sportswear Show in Long Beach, Calif., from Jan. 22 to 24. The company plans to showcase its new dye-sublimated patches and share information about its…

Dynamic Drinkware, Oshkosh, Wis., took what the company called a "huge step" in its federal court case against National Graphics Inc., North Branford, Conn. According to Plastics Today, Judge William C. Griesbach of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted Dynamic Drinkware's motion for summary judgment that it did not infringe…

Although we believe that many apparel companies have developed competitive advantages enabling them to earn outsize returns, for the most part we see these competitive advantages as shorter term in nature, thus falling more toward the narrow-moat end of the scale. As fashion trends change to reflect the values and cultural identity of the times,…

Late this summer, when Google announced the birth of its new holding company Alphabet, we reached out to a handful of our favorite graphic designers to get their take on the new company’s logo. One of them was Michael Bierut, a Pentagram partner and the creator of high-profile branding work for the likes of Verizon,…

Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) is about being there whenever and wherever your client might be receptive to your message. It used to be far less complicated to be in sales, especially in the promotional products industry. If you had the relationship, you were the clients' resource. Your marketing primarily consisted of sending a catalog…

Now that West Coast shipping ports are clear of the congestion that plagued them during the last two years, the largest container ship ever to arrive at a North American port has docked at the Port of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles…

With the current boom of 3-D printed materials, products, such as medical materials, toys and tech items, have been created through 3-D printers. Now, according to 3ders.org, a U.K.-based company called Tamicare has begun operations on its first production line of 3-D printed textiles, and plans to mass produce wearable items through its patented Cosyflex…

Drum-Line, Stuttgart, Ark., has completed construction on a building expansion. The facility added an additional 10,000 square feet, bringing the production facility to 85,000 square feet. The company primarily will use the additional space for calendar production. Drum-Line has seen growth in this category over the last five years. The increased space allows for more…

The Fitters' Workshop in Canberra, Australia, was brimming with excitement as staff from Canberra-based Megalo got ready for a record-breaking attempt to create the world's longest screen print. Sporting knee guards and inky fingers, two Megalo staff crawled 114 feet, pushing the squeegee along the screen. Once the big push was over, it was all…

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. hired an investigator to rid the Chinese e-commerce business of counterfeit goods. According to Bloomberg, the investigator, Matthew Bassiur, previously helped Apple Inc. find fake iPhones and investigate copyright infringement. Bassiur formerly was a vice president for Pfizer Inc. and computer crimes prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice. As the…